Vedanta Aluminium pushes digitisation

Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business has accelerated deployment of cutting-edge technologies and digital solutions to safeguard its workforce against COVID-19 and sustain production to meet the country’s raw material needs with respect to aluminium.

The company has adopted digital-first ways of working to make its operations future-ready by integrating best-in-class digital solutions, building in efficiencies, and optimising costs and raw material consumption, said a press release.

Implementation of automation and digitalisation solutions, said the release, have enabled the company to produce high-quality aluminium and value-added products for critical industry sectors, while also providing a step-change in health, safety and environment performance parameters.

Ajay Kapur, CEO – Aluminium & Power and MD – Commercial, Vedanta Ltd., said, “Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India last year, we have fast-tracked adoption of best-in-class digital technologies, intelligent automation and in-house innovations to safeguard our workforce across Aluminium & Power Business Units. As India’s largest manufacturers of aluminium, a strategic raw material for the country’s key growth sectors, we are ensuring business continuity with reduced manpower to keep the wheels of the economy running.”